Daisen Kofun

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Daisen Kofun is one of Japan’s largest and most famous keyhole-shaped burial mounds, traditionally attributed to Emperor Nintoku and emblematic of the Kofun period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
kofun burial mound ⓘ
tumulus ⓘ
accessPolicy interior not open to the public ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nintoku Emperor’s Mausoleum ⓘ
linked to: Daisen Kofun

Nintoku-tennō-ryō Kofun ⓘ
linked to: Daisen Kofun
associatedPeriod Middle Kofun period ⓘ
associatedReligion Shinto funerary tradition (later interpretation) ⓘ
associatedWith imperial lineage of Japan ⓘ
cityDesignation Sakai City historic landmark ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culture Yamato polity ⓘ
estimatedConstructionCentury 4th–5th century ⓘ
function burial mound ⓘ
mausoleum ⓘ
hasComponent earthen mound ⓘ
front rectangular portion ⓘ
rear circular portion ⓘ
terraces ⓘ
hasViewpoint observation areas around the mound ⓘ
heritageListing Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
length approximately 486 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Kansai region ⓘ
Osaka Prefecture ⓘ
Sakai ⓘ
nationalDesignation Special Historic Site of Japan ⓘ
near Mozu Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
central Sakai ⓘ
notableFeature distinctive zenpō-kōen-fun (keyhole) plan ⓘ
large scale relative to surrounding kofun ⓘ
partOf Mozu Kofun Group ⓘ
period Kofun period ⓘ
protectedBy Imperial Household Agency ⓘ
regionOfSignificance Japanese archaeology ⓘ
researchLimitation limited archaeological excavation due to imperial status ⓘ
shape keyhole-shaped tumulus ⓘ
significance emblematic monument of the Kofun period ⓘ
symbol of early Japanese state formation ⓘ
status largest keyhole-shaped kofun in Japan ⓘ
one of the largest burial mounds in the world ⓘ
surroundedBy moats ⓘ
traditionalAttribution Emperor Nintoku ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2019 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType Cultural ⓘ
visualRepresentation often photographed from the air to show keyhole shape ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emperor Nintoku → burialPlace → Daisen Kofun ⓘ
Emperor Nintoku → associatedWith → Daisenryō Kofun ⓘ
linked to: Daisen Kofun
Daisen Park → near → Mozu kofun burial mounds ⓘ
linked to: Daisen Kofun
Daisen Park → near → Daisenryo Kofun ⓘ
linked to: Daisen Kofun
Sakai, Osaka → contains → Daisenryo Kofun ⓘ
linked to: Daisen Kofun
Konda Gobyōyama Kofun → relatedTo → Daisenryō Kofun ⓘ
linked to: Daisen Kofun
Daisen Kofun → alsoKnownAs → Nintoku-tennō-ryō Kofun ⓘ
linked to: Daisen Kofun
Daisen Kofun → alsoKnownAs → Nintoku Emperor’s Mausoleum ⓘ
linked to: Daisen Kofun